Railway-tie



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PETER IR. EKLUN D, V0F LITTLE SWAN, MINNESOTA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

To all whom t may concern Be it known tha-t I, PETER It. EKLUND, a citizen or the TJnited States, residing at Littlc. Swan, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain.

new and useful Improvements in Railwayriies, of which the following 1s a specificarihis invention relates to railway ties, and more especially to those which are metallic;

Vand the object of the same is to produce a box-like tie whose body is filled with wire strands running in directions at right angles to each other so as to be compact` and yet to an extent resilient.

A further obj ect is to provide an improved 'torni of rail fastening for ties of this character, whch requires no access to the interior of the body.

fet another object or" the invention is to provide a movable connection between the top or cover and the body of the box.

These and other objects are carried out in a manner set forth below and shown in the drawings, wherein 5 F ig'. 1 is a side elevation of the tie complete,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation partly broken away and in section, of one end of the tie, and

Fig'. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 also enlarged.

The body 1 of the tie is a box-like structure open at its top, and over the same lies a cover 2 provided along its sides and ends with flanges 3, the flanges at the sides being provided with upright slots 4 to receive rivets or bolts 5 which pass also through the sides of the body, and internally the cover is thickened or reinforced as at 6 at points where the rails R cross the same, While the cover is cut out in its upper face to provide channels or seats 7 for receiving the rails as best seen in Fig. 2.

The rail fastening` consists of a plate 10 npturned at its inner end into a lip 11 overlying' the base of the rail, the outer end of the plate having a depending stud 18 adapted to enter a. socket S made in the top or cover 2 where the latter is reinforced. A screw 19 passes through the plate and takes into a threaded hole 9. Therefore the rail may be laid across the top of this tie without necessarily removing it from the body, and without reaching under or beneath said top or Specification of Letters Patent..A .Patentd Dec, 16, 1919, Application filed March 24, 1919. SerialNo.V 284,622.

into-the body at all; and no spikes are needed, nor any nuts. `Within the body is disposed a series of' wires -12 extending' transversely of the same, and wires 13 extending longitudinally or' the same, all the wir'esbeing' disposed in layersand every Wire having a series of crimps in its body. It results that with the longitudinal -wires for instance, a. number of transverse' wires pass over the first crimp, under the neXt crimp, and so on. This arrangement of wires is purposely adopted to'give the bodyv of the tie stability andweight, while not yet making it solid and "un'yielding as would" be the'case for instance, if the body were filled with cement. As a result, it is possible for the top or cover 2 todescend a little with respect to the body when an extremely heavy load passes over the tie, the provision o'l the rivets or bolts 5 and slots -L being to permit such movement. The drawings are exaggerated for sake of clearness, but it is quite possible that the wire strand liller for the tie body could have a smaller or larger number of layers than shown thereon.

The foregoing' description and the drawings have reference to what may be considered the preferred or approved form of my invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, etc., as may prove expedient and fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim las-new and desirev to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein described railway tie made up of a box-like body filled with strands of wire running in different directions at right angles to each other, and a cover for the body resting on the strands.

2. The herein describedrailway tiev made up of a box-like body filled with strands of wire'running in different directions at angles to each other, and a cover for the body having a surrounding flange inclosing said body, the cover being reinforced on its under .side and resting on said wires.

3. The herein described railway tie made up of a box-like. body filled with strands of'r wire running in dierent directions at right angles to each other, a cover for said bodyVV having' a surrounding depending flange provided Vwith upright slots, 'bolts in the side walls of the body and projecting through said slots, and means for attaching the rails to the cover.

4;. A filler for hollow railway ties made up of a series of strands of wire running in directionS at angles to each other and crimped throughout their length.

5. A liller for hollow railway ties lmade up of a plurality ol series of wire strands, those in one Seriee running in a direction at right angles to those in the series adjacent.

(3. A filler for hollow railway ties made up of a plurality of seriee of wire strands,

those in one series ruiming in a direction at right angles to those in the series adjacent, and all wires being crimped throughout their length.

7.y A filler for hollow metallic railway ties consisting of a series of longitudinal wires crimped throughout their length, a Superposed series of transverse wires underlying one crimp and overlying the next and so on, and repetitions of these series.

8. The herein described railway tie made in presence ot up of a box-lilre body filled with Strands of wire running horizontally and resting upon each other, and a cover for the body resting on the strands. y

9. The herein described railway tie made up of a box-like body filled with strands of wire running in different directions and in horizontal planes and resting upon each other and a cover for the body resting on the strands.

l0. The herein described railway tie made up of a box-like body filled with Strands ot wire, and a cover for the body resting on the strands.

ll. The herein described railway tie made up of a box-like body filled with strands ot wire running in different directions, and a cover for the body resting on the strands.

ln testimony whereof aiiix my signature two witnesses.

PETER R. EKLUND. l/Vitnesses JOHN G. CEDERGREN, LAURA BoLD'r. 

